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Rhodactis

Synonyms: Rhodastic; Rodactis

Wikipedia Abstract

Rhodactis is genus of "mushroom corals", which are characterized by large individual polyps that are often reminiscent of a mushroom. Rhodactis are related to stony corals but do not produce a stony skeleton.
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Species

Rhodactis bryoides (False coral)
Rhodactis howesii
Rhodactis inchoata (Purple bullseye mushroom anemone)
Rhodactis indosinensis (Hairy mushroom anemone)
Rhodactis musciformis
Rhodactis osculifera (St Thomas false coral)
Rhodactis rhodostoma (False coral)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0